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Professor John Ashworth
BA (Econ), MA (Econ)
Professor of Economics
John Ashworth is Professor of Economics at the Business School, and Principal of Stephenson College.
Biography
John Ashworth is Professor of Economics at the Business School, and Principal of Stephenson College.
Research Interests
- Public Choice Economics
- Economics of Education
- Economic Education
Research Groups
Publications
- Ashworth, J (2016), Gender Quotas, Female Representation and Public Expenditures: Evidence from Flemish Municipalities, Public Choice Society World Meeting. Miami.
- Ashworth, J (2014), Social Capital and the Effect of Female Representation: Expressive And Instrumental Considerations, IAES.
- Ashworth, J., Barlow, D. & Evans, L. (2014). Sectoral money demand behaviour and the welfare cost of inflation in the UK. Manchester school 82(6): 732-750.
- Ashworth, B., Geys, B., Heyndels, B. & Wille, F. (2014). Competition in the political arena and local government performance.. Applied Economics 46(19): 2264-2276.
- Ashworth, J., Galli, E. & Padovano, F. (2013). Decentralization as a Constraint to Leviathan: A Panel Cointegration Analysis. Public Choice 156(3-4): 491-516.
- Jottier, D., Ashworth, J. & Heyndels, B. (2012). Understanding Voters’ Preferences: How the Electorate’s Complexity Affects Prediction Accuracy and Wishful Thinking among Politicians with Respect to Election Outcomes. Kyklos 65(3): 340-370.
- Ashworth, J., Heyndels, B. & Werck, K. (2010). Expert judgements and the demand for novels in Flanders. . Journal of Cultural Economics 34(3): 197-218.
- Ashworth, J. & Heyndels, B. (2007). Selection Bias and Peer Effects in Team Sports: the Effect of Age Grouping on Earnings of German Soccer Players.. Journal of Sports Economics 8(4): 355-377.
- Ashworth, J., Geys, B. & Heyndels, B. (2006). Determinants tax innovation: the case of environmental taxes in Flemish muncipalities.. European Journal of Political Economy 22(1): 223-247.
- Ashworth, J., Geys, B. & Heyndels, B. (2006). Everyone Likes a Winner: An Empirical Test of The Effect of Electoral Closeness on Turnout in a Context Of Expressive Voting.. Public Choice 128(3-4): 383-405.
- Ashworth, J. & Heyndels, B. (2005). Political fragmentation, budgetary policy and 'difficult times' in Flemish municipalities. Economics and Politics 19: 245-263.
- Ashworth, J., Geys, B. & Heyndels, B. (2005). Government weakness and local public debt development in Flemish municipalities.. International Tax and Public Finance 12(4): 395-422.
- Ashworth, J., Heyndels, B. & Smolders, C. (2003). Psychological Taxing in Flemish municipalities. Journal of Economic Psychology 24: 741-762.
- Heyndels, B. & Ashworth, J. (2003). Self–serving bias in tax perceptions: federalism as a source of political instability.. Kyklos 56(1): 47-68.
- Ashworth, J., Heyndels, B. & Smolders, C. (2002). Redistribution as a local public good an empirical test for Flemish municipalities.. Kyklos 55(1): 27-56.
- Ashworth, J. & Heyndels, B. (2002). Tax structure turbulence in OECD countries.. Public Choice 111(3-4): 347-376.
- Ashworth, J. & Evans, J.L. (2001). Modelling student subject choice at secondary and tertiary level A cross section study. Journal of Economic Education 32: 311-322.
- Ashworth, J. & Heyndels, B. (2001). Political fragmentation and the evolution of national tax structures in the OECD. International Tax and Public Finance 8: 377-393.
